William hamilton hall



(No Model.)

W. H. HALL.

SPINNING TOP.

No. 328,808. Patented Aug. '4, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM HAMILTON HALL, OF BRIGHTON, COUNTY OF SUSSEX, ENGLAND.

SPINNING-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,808, dated August4-, 1885.

Application filed July 7, 1884.

(No model.) Patented in England March 19, 1884, No. 5,135; in GermanyMay 4, 1884, No.

30,964, and in France May 28, 1884, No.162,4-21.

.50 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HAMILTON HALL, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Brighton, in the county of Sussex, England,have invented new and useful Improvements in Spinning-Tops, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object and principle of the said invention are to enable the spinnerof a top to apply concurrently the force of both hands to the spinningwithout materially disturbing the position of the top, and at the sametime to minimize the loss of power by friction in the act of spinning,so as to supply at once a handy and more powerful means for the spinningof tops. In order to effect this the said invention consists of adoubled tape, connected with the spindle of the top at its doubled end,in the manner hereinafter mentioned, and wound round the said spindle.The top is then spun by the two ends of the said tape being taken one ineach hand and pulled in opposite directions, the said tape, when the topis spun, disconnecting itself automatically from the said spindle. Thetape may be connected by having two short pins fixed through thespindle, so that they project on either side thereof, the said tapebeing then attached at its central or doubled part to a cross-bar. Thesaid cross-bar is placed lengthwise with the spindle so that the ends ofthe said cross bar engage with the said projections, the said tape beingthen wound between such projections; or the said tape may be connectedwith the said spindle, so as to automatically disconnect itself when thesaid top is spun by any other suitable means and the said spindle mayhave upon it two disks, of suitable size and at a suitable distanceapart, to guide and assist the even winding of the said tape and theeffectiveness thereof when pulled, as aforesaid, the said tape beingwound between the said disks; and the said disks may eaclnbe slotted,with a slot curving gradually from the periphery thereof to the saidspindle in a direction corresponding with the direction in which the toprevolves when spun, and the said tape or string being attached to acrossbar, as aforesaid, maybe then connected with the said spindle byplacing the ends of the said cross-bar in the said slots.

In order to enable my invention to be fully understood, I will proceedto describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings, whichrepresent views of spinning-tops, with means for spinning the sameaccording to my improvements, and in the several figures of whichsimilar letters represent similar or corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a top embodying part of my invention. Fig. 2is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a modification. Fig. 4is a plan of the same. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the tape, with itsattachments. Fig. 6 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 7 is an elevationof the top, with the tape Wound around the spindle; and Fig. Sis a planof the same.

A is the top, and b is its spindle. c c are the two disks secured tosaid spindle at a suit able distance apart, to act as guides when'thetape is wound around the spindle. d d are small pins attached to thespindle, and projecting laterally from the same. E is the tape forwinding up the top. f is a crossbar attached to the center of said tape,and g g are rings or handles attached to the ends of the tape.

In place of the pins d (1, the disks 0 a may have slots h h, asv shownin Figs. 3 and 4. The tape E is doubled by bringing its ends together,and the projecting ends of the crossbar or pin f are then placed eitherin the slots h of the disks 0, Figs. 3 and 4, or between the disks 0 andagainst the pins d, Figs. 1 and 2. The top being then turnedthe tapewill be wound on the spindle b of the top, between the disks 0, as shownin elevation at Fig. 7,

and the part sectional plan at Fig. 8. The

top can then be spun by pulling the ends of the tape in oppositedirections, as hercinbefore described.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. A spinning-top the winding-spindle of which is provided withretaining-disks c c, and stops, substantially as described, incombination with a winding-tape having a cross-bar midway between itsends to engage with said stops, whereby the tape may be wound flatly onthe spindle and upon itself from the crossbar to its ends, allsubstantially as shown and 5 described.

2. A spinning-top the winding-spindle of Whioh is provided withretaining-disks c 0, having grooves h 71, in combination with awlnding-tape having a cross-bar midway between its ends to engage insaid grooves, and I0 whereby the tape may be won nd flatly on thespindle and upon itself from the cross-bar to its ends, allsubstantially as shown and described.

M. HAMILTON HALL. Witnesses:

A. ALBUTT, B. BRADY.

